A terrified woman was strangled, had socks forced into her mouth and was hit with a golf club during a shocking attack by her former partner.
Martin Shaw subjected his vulnerable victim to a traumatic ordeal in her own home, during which she feared she would die. He then staged a three-hour rooftop stand-off with police, during which he threw roof tiles at officers, injuring one of them.
Now the 54-year-old thug, of Edendale Avenue, in Blyth, has been jailed at Newcastle Crown Court. The court heard the victim had been in a relationship with Shaw for around ten months but last April it ended after she accused him of assaulting her.
